“I did one of the most selfish things that I possibly could do, in hurting someone else,” Rimes is quoted as saying in a Thursday People.com story, which references a full interview in the new People issue on newsstands Friday.

Rimes and Cibrian — who met in late 2008 as costars filming of the TV movie Northern Lights — became tabloid fodder about a year ago as they were increasingly spotted out together. Cibrian filed for divorce in August 2009, and Rimes announced hers on her website in September 2009.

“I never once thought what I was doing was OK,” she tells People.

People reports that Rimes, 27, is now in a committed relationship with Cibrian, 36, and that each of their divorces will be final soon. Indeed, Rimes often updates her Twitter account with scenes from their home life with Cibrian and his children.

“I take responsibility for everything I’ve done. I hate that people got hurt,” Rimes is quoted as saying. “But I don’t regret the outcome.”

Rimes married Dean Sheremet in February 2002. The People piece said the two “worked on their relationship after her infidelity became public, but ultimately decided that ‘it wasn’t a marriage that fulfilled either one of us,’ says Rimes.”

Michaels’ doctor, the hospital's chief of cerebrovascular surgery Joseph Zabramski, shared the news during a press conference on Tuesday, but didn’t say when the singer was released or when he could resume touring. Earlier reports indicated that Michaels hoped to be back on the road by the end of May. People is reporting that Michaels is now at a rehabilitation facility for physical therapy.

“This produces a great deal of stress on the body,” Zabramski said of the brain hemorrhage. “This is like being involved in an accident from inside.”

The doctor said that Michaels was still in a lot of pain, but was fully conscious, aware and talking in a normal manner. Zabramski doesn’t expect Michaels to have long-term side effects from the hemorrhage but suggested the front man wait four to six weeks before resuming normal activity.Continue reading →

Chely Wright, whose charting country hits include “Single White Female” and “The Bumper of My SUV,” publicly addressed her homosexuality in an interview with People magazine. The interview is scheduled to appear on newsstands on Friday, May 7.

“I hid everything for my music,” said Wright, in a portion of her interview posted at www.people.com.

Click to check out a gallery of many of Taylor Swift's major 2009 moments.

Celeb-loving mag People is getting ready to release a special December 28 double issue celebrating the "25 Most Intriguing People" of 2009, and bet you can't guess which local star landed on the cover. (Well, even if the picture wasn't right to the left.)

Yup, Taylor Swift, the queen of winning everything ever in 2009, is People's intriguing cover girl, and the 20-year-old megastar talks with the publication about fame and its effects, as they're celebrating her undisputed uber-fame.

“You can stay the same person, even if everything around you changes,” she tells the magazine of her unprecedented year, which included the massive success of her Fearless album, a wheelbarrow full of awards (including the CMA Awards' top prize, entertainer of the year), a stint hosting Saturday Night Live and many, many other head-spinning experiences. “I would like to think everybody out there isn’t just waiting for me to trip and fall and stumble out of a club drunk. People know I’m not a party girl. I’m not hiding some dying urge to be out clubbing right now.”

It's a good thing, 'cause we'll guess she wouldn't have time to anyway, what with her busy showing-up-to-collect-awards schedule (case in point: January brings the Grammy Awards, and she's up for eight prizes, including the ones for all-genre album, song and record of the year).

People's "Intriguing" issue hits stands on Friday, Dec. 18.

Related: Check out a gallery stocked with moments from Swift's eventful 2009 here.

Sure seems like country fans can't get enough of Mr. Brad Paisley, who just emerged as the top nominee for the upcoming CMA Awards. Well, share some thanks with People magazine, who're offering up four times the Paisley on their latest cover.

The singer and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, show up on the cover with their 2-year-old son Huck and the latest Paisley addition, five-month-old Jasper. The magazine headed to the family's Franklin farm to talk about parenting, babies and stuff that babies require from parents and such.

Some choice tidbits: Mom says Jasper is the more "easygoing" of the two Paisley boys, Huck being a "very animated, fiery and dramatic" banjo-plucking brother who already knows the names of each of Dad's bandmates. And a fun quote from Huck, via Dad: "Mommy, does Jesus play the banjo?"

Meanwhile, Brad Paisley's gearing up to co-host the CMA Awards on Nov. 11 (and find out if he'll take home any of the six trophies for which he's been nominated) alongside fellow country star Carrie Underwood.